New 'bucket list' for children - get them climbing trees.
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Re: New 'bucket list' for children - get them climbing trees
I still have a copy of it, and there was a similar list in the Times around then that I also kept. I'll see if I can scan them and post them so we can compare the government's ideas with those that were already invented 10 years ago ...Tinkers wrote:I think the National trust (or similar organisation) made a list of things children should do before the age of 11 and 3/4 a few years ago.
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Yes that’s the one.
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Re: New 'bucket list' for children - get them climbing trees
That is it indeed. I think the Times' version was 100 things to do before you are 16, or similar.
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We came up with a list, I think it was a “must do”.
Sadly, the reality for many children would include:
Mum gets me up for school, rather than sleeping off her hangover
Not go to school hungry
Not having to see Daddy hit Mummy’s head on the floor.
Sadly, the reality for many children would include:
Mum gets me up for school, rather than sleeping off her hangover
Not go to school hungry
Not having to see Daddy hit Mummy’s head on the floor.
Re: New 'bucket list' for children - get them climbing trees
Why is everything made into a list these days? Lists of things to do before you die (rather than afterwards); best walks in the country; best restaurants/pubs/hotels at the coast; best short breaks; best holidays with dogs; superfoods you must eat to - that kind of thing. Can't people be trusted to think for themselves any more - do we really need journalists and 'experts' (in what, exactly?) to advise, in list form, on every last thing we do?
Two observations here - I have travelled pretty extensively and almost never found that the 'must-see' sights are the things most worth seeing anywhere. And secondly, this particular list sounds like a nod to the idea that schools are massively stifling young children by making them do things which go against their nature, so now the DfE thinks it can provide a tick list to ensure that they feel better about that in the face of criticism of mental health services for the young. 'Child has seen sunrise - tick', 'child has climbed tree - tick' - really?
Two observations here - I have travelled pretty extensively and almost never found that the 'must-see' sights are the things most worth seeing anywhere. And secondly, this particular list sounds like a nod to the idea that schools are massively stifling young children by making them do things which go against their nature, so now the DfE thinks it can provide a tick list to ensure that they feel better about that in the face of criticism of mental health services for the young. 'Child has seen sunrise - tick', 'child has climbed tree - tick' - really?
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Amber wrote:Why is everything made into a list these days? Lists of things to do before you die (rather than afterwards); best walks in the country; best restaurants/pubs/hotels at the coast; best short breaks; best holidays with dogs; superfoods you must eat to - that kind of thing. Can't people be trusted to think for themselves any more - do we really need journalists and 'experts' (in what, exactly?) to advise, in list form, on every last thing we do?
Two observations here - I have travelled pretty extensively and almost never found that the 'must-see' sights are the things most worth seeing anywhere. And secondly, this particular list sounds like a nod to the idea that schools are massively stifling young children by making them do things which go against their nature, so now the DfE thinks it can provide a tick list to ensure that they feel better about that in the face of criticism of mental health services for the young. 'Child has seen sunrise - tick', 'child has climbed tree - tick' - really?
However, I am sure the government will find a way to penalise schools if 80% of pupils are not acheiving expected numbers of experiences.